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Payback Live

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When the Amazing (Royal) Crowns are on...they're ON. These four Providence greasers are one of the most on-fire live bands you'll come across, and their studio recordings aren't too shabby neither! This wicked live set is pieced together from the three nights of their most recent Providence Payback shows. From the monster truck rally/rasslin' announcer intro to the final explosion of guitars, bass, and drums, you'll think yr sweatin' and screamin' along with 'em in the flesh. It's hard to capture the Crowns' live intensity on disc, but this comes damn close. It's got all the favorites, like "Do The Devil," some new tracks from "Royal" and their vicious takes on The Misfits' "American Nightmare" and Agent Orange's "Bloodstains." This is a must-have for any Crowns fan, rockabilly fan, or anyone who appreciates good, honest, real rock n' roll.

I had no idea that this CD was even being made. Every music store I enter, I make sure that they sell the Amazing Crowns....and then I noticed this. I never miss the Amazing Crowns when they play a show around me. This CD is everything that I go to their shows for----they can make you move, if you have seen them I know you know what I mean!!!!This CD tides me over between shows.

Faster than studio. Does a great job of capturing the live energy of Crowns' shows. Sound quality is a little weak on the bass end and a little too strong in the mid range (typical for live recordings). If you like any of their albums, you need this one too.

PAYBACK LIVE (as hard as it is to believe) is the best release so far from the AMAZING "R***L" CROWNS. How can it be better than their self titled album, you ask? Take the passion and intensity of their first release and crank it up 4 to 5 notches, that's what you get on PAYBACK LIVE. The live album has some of the old favorites, some of the new favorites (from their 2nd release, ROYAL) and a few new CROWNS songs that you haven't heard before. These guys are the hardest working band on the road. To most critics dismay, after numerous albums, this is not a band you can simply pass off as a fluke...

Track 1. BABY'S OUT ON BAIL A hot roddin', fist fightin', bass thumping joint that will only slow down if you turn off the c.d. player. This is a tune you can't get on the SELF TITLED or ROYAL albums. Kendall's hiccupy vocals are key to making the AMAZING CROWNS engine purr like a kitten.

Track 5. AMERICAN NIGHTMARE I can't think of a better band to cover MISFIT'S songs than these dudes. The original song is definately a rockabilly tune, but how can you go wrong when one of the most talented bands in the business take it and turn it into something twice as good as it was to begin with.

Track 8. TROUBLE AT THE BALI HAI What an incredible instrumental! PAYBACK LIVE is the perfect album to have this song on, because a studio version just wouldn't cut it. J.D. Burgess has certainly proven himself as a guitar authority on this one. There's just no way to describe how awesome he is live if you haven't seen the CROWNS live. Seeing Kendall beat the living hell out of his maracas is quite a sight as well.

Track 9. RAT PATROL One word can describe this song. Cool. This song was done by John Haggerty, when the CROWNS get a hold of it, they turn it into a full-on punk masterpiece. I personally think it sounds a lot like the MISFITS, who, along with the CRAMPS, are a big influence on the AMAZING CROWNS.

I could go over every song on the album, but the indeniable truth is that if you know anything about them, you know everything they touch turns to gold. PAYBACK LIVE should definately be in your c.d. collection. Try not to get arrested for speeding when track # 14, 1965 GTO is playing in the car.